Juan Diego Diaz

Juan Diego "La Quica" Diaz was an infamous Medellin Cartel hitman. He was first employed by Pablo Escobar in 1981, when he assassinated the drug dealer German Zapata in Miami, killing undercover DEA agent Kevin Brady in the process. He was arrested by Steve Murphy and taken to trial, but his $2,000,000 bail was paid for in a wire transfer from Pablo Escobar, and he was able to return to Colombia and continue work as an assassin.

Biography
Juan Diego Diaz was born in Colombia, and he was hired as a hitman for Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel, using the nickname "La Quica". In 1981, he was sent to Miami, Florida to assassinate Mateo Moreno's drug dealer German Zapata after Escobar discovered Moreno's betrayal of his group. La Quica rode on the back of a motorcycle and used an Uzi submachine gun to spray Zapata with bullets, killing undercover DEA agent Kevin Brady in the process. The surviving DEA agent, Steve Murphy, attended Diaz's trial early, but Diaz's bail was set for $2,000,000, which was paid for by a wire transfer from Escobar. La Quica walked free after sarcastically saluting Murphy, and he was back in Medellin by midnight after boarding a plane.

La Quica performed several other assassinations in the 1980s, including those of police officers, government officials, and Cali Cartel members, and in 1989 he was responsible for the bombing of Avianca Flight 203, killing its 107 passengers and 3 people on the ground in an assassination attempt on presidential candidate Cesar Gaviria (who was not on board the plane). In 1991, he was arrested in New York City for traveling on a fake passport, and he was sentenced to ten life sentences plus 45 years, finally being brought to justice.